Guest: Nell Painter, Edwards Professor of American History, Emeritus at Princeton University. She is the author of the book, “The History of White People.” (W. W. Norton & Company, 2010).

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Guest: Jennifer Hochschild, Professor of Government and African and African American Studies at Harvard University

BY PHONE

12:06 – 12:30

Topic: Gender politics at the Federal Reserve?: Replacing Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is arguably the most important economic decision President Barack Obama is facing this year. Who can shape and shepherd a fragile recovery? And give jittery markets continuity of leadership? One favored contender is Janet Yellen, currently the Fed's vice chairwoman. Her brilliance and likeability are major reasons. Her keen predictions were recently noted in analysis by The Wall Street Journal (Of the 14 Fed policy makers, Yellen proved to be the most accurate forecaster). Despite her laurels, recently a fellow Fed chair suggested the choice of Yellen may be driven by gender above all else. It's also been reported that a "whisper campaign" is focusing on her so-called female attributes of being "soft-spoken" and "passive." Those attributes are non-existent in Larry Summers, the other top contender for the position - known for his aggressive temperament. President Obama is said to favor Summers because he'll be able to keep inflation low and employment high and is said to have credibility across political aisles. As is the case with any job opening, top candidates will have pluses and minuses. So what role should candidates' gender play? Is it high time to include more female leadership in the old boys' club of finance? Or is injecting gender a distraction, and, moreover, a disservice to Yellen's CV?

Guest: Heidi Moore, Finance and Economics Editor (based in NYC) for The Guardian

2nd Guest: TBD

12:30 – 12:40

Topic: (Sports segment TBA)

12:40 – 1:00

Topic: California’s dark history chronicled in ‘Deadly Times’ [TEMP HEAD]: Lew Irwin’s “Deadly Times” chronicles a dark period of American history that many know little about. Between the years of 1907-1911 more than 200 bombings were carried out in the United States. On October 1, 1910, the Los Angeles Times building was bombed killing at least 20 employees, a crime Irwin calls the worst ever committed in California. In “Deadly Times,” Irwin examines the history of this violent era and reports on this little-known piece of California history.

Chief Charlie Beck joins AirTalk to discuss LAPD's accountability towards recent issues. In addition to increased car break-ins in North Hollywood, Los Angeles has also faced pedestrian robberies in the form of “bash mobs.” How can the LAPD allow peaceful protests but watch out for bash mob robberies? And while we’re discussing peaceful protests, how did the LAPD handle the protests after George Zimmerman’s not guilty verdict? Although most of the protestors were peaceful, police were in riot gear. Does the LAPD prepare for the worst?

Also, LA Weekly has been covering hit-and-runs in Los Angeles. They ran an article in December on “L.A.’s Bloody Hit-and-Run Epidemic.” More recent articles say that the L.A. City Council has been pushing the police to treat these crimes more seriously.

Newly elected City Attorney Mike Feuer is also looking into crime in Echo Park. Feuer is proposing a gang injunction to reduce gang violence in that neighborhood. Would it work? What is the LAPD’s current strategy to deal with gang violence?

And are officers trained to deal with animals? Chief Beck weighs in on the dog shooting by the Hawthorne police officer.

What questions do you have for the Chief? Post them below.

Guest: Charlie Beck, Los Angeles Police Department Chief of Police

IN STUDIO Backup: Commander Andy Smith: 310-977-7553

LAPD crackdown on thefts from cars

Bash mobs

Reactions to the Zimmerman verdict, and we’d like to ask the Chief when a lawful protest becomes an unlawful gathering

LAPD to address city’s “hit-and-run crisis”: We’d like to ask the Chief about the shooting of the dog by Hawthorne PD, and if he thought the officer was justified in shooting, and what kind of training LAPD go through regarding animal interactions during arrests.

Topic: Natural gas sourced from permafrost and icy ocean depths could make for risky drilling:

Scientists in the U.S. and Japan are moving closer to utilizing a new form of energy called methane hydrate, a crystallized form of natural gas found at the bottom of the ocean. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, methane hydrate garnered its nickname “fire in ice” because it gives off tremendous heat at room temperature. According to scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey, there is an estimated 700,000 trillion cubic feet of methane hydrate across the world, containing potentially more energy than discovered oil and gas combined. But the actual production of this potential energy source could take a decade, and no single approach to harvest the gas has been perfected. In the U.S, scientists searched the Gulf of Mexico to map out methane hydrate cultures believed to be underwater, but more tests and research drilling need to be done to confirm. There are concerns that methane hydrate is unstable, and drilling it could set off a landslide. Others worry there isn’t a way to make it economically viable. The cost of developing new energy can cost up to $60 per million British thermal units, while for natural gas, its just $4 per BTU. How viable is methane hydrate as an energy source? What are the risks in production? How crucial is it to develop a new form of energy?

Guest: Ben Lefebvre, (luh-FAYV) Energy Reporter, Wall Street Journal

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12:40 – 1:00 DO NOT PROMOTE

Topic: Are Pigs, chickens, cows and other farm animals as smart as dogs and cats? (TEMP HEADLINE)

Guest: The Bradley Manning saga is coming to the an end. A military judge is expected to deliver a verdict on Tuesday in the case against the 25-year-old Army private, who is accused of leaking more than 700,000 documents to WikiLeaks starting in 2010. Manning faces a series of charges, including aiding the enemy, and could face up to life in prison if convicted. Manning has said that the leak is meant to make the public aware what was happening in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. His supporters label him a whistleblower. But detractors call him a traitor.

What kind of impact would the Manning verdict has on Edward Snowden, the NSA contractor who leaked classified information about the government's surveillance programs to the Guardian UK and the Washington Post? In 2011, the cyber-activist collective Anonymous launched an attack against the Department of Defense for holding Manning in prolonged solitary confinement. Should we expect similar retaliatory efforts from the group after the verdict?

Guest: Kim Zetter, senior reporter at Wired covering cybercrime, privacy, security and civil liberties. She is currently writing a book on the Stuxnet virus.

Guest:Parmy Olson, the London Bureau Chief at Forbes Magazine, and the author of "We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency."

11:20 - 11:40

Topic: OPEN

Guest: TBA

11:40-12:00

Topic: Is your workplace like high school 2.0? There are people trying to fit in, those who never will, gossiping in the halls and lonely lunch breaks. Sounds like high school right? For some, it’s just another day at the office. This, according to a recent survey from CareerBuilder, which claims that 43% of workers say their offices are populated by cliques just like you’d find in a typical American high school. The nationwide survey, put out by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder, asserts that cliques impact office culture in various ways. 20% of the 3,000 private workers polled, said they’ve done something they weren’t really interested in or didn’t want to do just to fit in with co-workers. 21% reported having watched a TV show or movie just to talk about it at work the next day and 19% admitted to having made fun of someone else or pretended not to like them. The survey is by no means serious science, but for some, office cliques can be serious business. What’s the vibe at your workplace? Are you your authentic self or do you behave differently in order to get ahead? Does the “in crowd” still rule the world? Can refusing to participate in office politics be bad for one’s career?

Guest: TBD

12:06 – 12:20

TENTATIVE - DO NOT PROMOTE

Topic: Natural gas sourced from permafrost and icy ocean depths could make for risky drilling:

Guest: Ben Lefebvre, Energy Reporter, Wall Street Journal

12:20 – 12:40

Topic: Don’t always believe the brochure: The dark side of assisted living facilities for seniors:

Guest: A.C. Thompson, ProPublica reporter and co-writer of the Frontline special “Life and Death in Assisted Living” which airs tonight on PBS

Guest: TBA from Emeritus Senior Living

12:40 – 1:00

Topic: What’s your number? Research shows happiness peaks at ages 23 and 69: If you’re still a young college student then rest assured that the best years of your life are just a few more midterms away. A new research study from the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics surveyed more than 23,000 people in Germany. Residents between the ages of 17 to 85 were asked how satisfied they were with their current lives and how satisfied they expected to be in five years. This study confirmed the U-shape pattern that other studies a

Guest: Hannes Schwandt (Sh-VANT), Ph.D., research associate at The Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton and author of “Unmet Aspirations as an Explanation for the Age U-shape in Human Wellbeing”

Topic: Do Long Distance Relationships Work?An estimated three million married couples in the U.S. live far away from each other, even though they rather live together. But a recent study published in the Journal of Communications, found that the separation actually doesn’t have a negative impact on their relationship. In fact, the study found that long distance relationships are deeper and more intimate than relationships where the couple is geographically close. The researchers, L. Crystal Jiang of City University of Hong Kong and Jeffrey T. Hancock of Cornell University found that even though long distance couples interacted less, each interaction was more meaningful. The couples apart revealed more about themselves, and essentially tried harder to maintain the relationship. Do you think long distance relationships work? Are they actually more meaningful? Does technology like video chat and texting make it easier? Are people in geographically close relationships more apt to take it for granted?

Topic: Single people have rights, too: Author and social psychologist Bella DePaulo boldly and happily declares that she is single. As a woman in her late 50s, she says that being single is not just her marital status but that she is “single at heart” and being married would be “a step down.” As more Americans are marrying later or choosing to not get married, DePaulo advocates for the rights of single people in the workforce. She believes that federal benefits and protections should not be given only to married couples. And in the workplace, it’s not fair that co-workers with children get more attention. In her new book, Singlism: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Stop it,” DePaulo believes that single co-workers should not have to cover for their married colleagues because a single’s life is just as important and meaningful as someone with a family. As women no longer need to be married to sustain a living, DePaulo believes societal views towards single women need to change. Single women should be able to have sex without stigma or shame and not be pressured to be married or be mothers. Are you single? What’s your experience? Do you feel that married people have more privileges in the workplace? Are societal views towards single people changing? Or are there certain stigmas towards singles? Are women still under the pressure of getting married? Have you deliberately decided to not get married?

Guest: Bella DePaulo, Ph.D., psychology professor at UC Santa Barbara, author of “Singlism: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Stop it” and “SINGLED OUT: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After” (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2007); she coined the term “singlism.”

Topic: Survey says relationship between religious beliefs and politics is shifting fast among young people

Guest: TBA

Guest: Morley Winograd, Senior Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy. Co-author of Millennial Momentum: How a New Generation is Remaking America

11:40-12:00

Topic: Should for-profit colleges be allowed to compete in Division I sports?

Guest:Brian Mueller, President and CEO of Grand Canyon University in Arizona

Guest:Barmak Nassirian, policy analyst with American Association of State Colleges and Universities

12:06 – 12:40

Topic: Filmweek: The Wolverine, Blue Jasmine, The Time Being and more: Larry and KPCC critics Tim Cogshell and Wade Major review this week’s releases, including The Wolverine, Blue Jasmine, The Time Being and more. TGI-Filmweek!

The documentary “The Act of Killing” looks at a bloody chapter of Indonesian history that is seldom discussed outside of the country. Starting in 1965, paramilitary groups that would eventually put General Suharto in power systematically murdered an estimated half-a-million people who were considered communists--which a lot of times meant ethnic Chinese and anyone the coup deemed an enemy. These death squads also enlisted common thugs and local gangsters to carry out its dirty work. In “The Act of Killing,” first-time director Joshua Oppenheimer follows a few of these so-called “theater gangsters” who participated in the mass murder and who talked shamelessly about what they did and how they did what they did. Their recollection went beyond verbal descriptions; Oppenheimer had the men re-enact and restaged the killings in any movie genre--Westerns, gangster films, musicals--they chose. The resulting scenes are as disturbing as they are absurd.

Baseball’s biggest name is facing a lifetime ban for use of performance-enhancing drugs. Word on his punishment could come down during the show.

Guest: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY Sports MLB columnist

11:06 –11:20

Topic: OPEN

Guest: TBA

11:20 - 11:40

Topic: Two California schools get top ranking

Forbes.com released their college ranking and two California schools topped the list. Stanford was first on the list and our own Pomona College ranked second. This is the first time in the six years Forbes has produced the list that two West Coast colleges topped the list.. In 2012, the ranking order was: Princeton University, Williams College, Stanford University, University of Chicago, Yale University, Harvard University, U.S. Military Academy, Columbia University, Pomona College and Swarthmore College. How did Pomona College climb the list? Why do East Coast school traditionally dominate rankings lists? What methodologies are used to create these rankings?

Guest: David Oxtoby, President of Pomona College (NOT CONFIRMED)

Guest: TBA Forbes

11:40 - 12:00

Topic: Author Reza Aslan on his new biography of Jesus of Nazareth: [TEMP HEAD]

Guest: Reza Aslan, author of “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth”

12:06 – 12:20

Topic: OPEN

Guest: TBA

12:20 – 12:30

Topic: Gang Injunction considered for Echo Park, is it worth it? [TEMP HEAD]

Guest: TBA

Guest: Peter Bibring, Staff Attorney with ACLU Southern California

12:30 – 1:00

Topic: The classroom battle: teachers versus the administration: AirTalk has recently had LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy (link: http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2013/04/16/31378/lausd-superintendent-john-deasy-addresses-his-cont/) and education activist Michelle Rhee (link: http://www.scpr.org/programs/airtalk/2013/06/05/32111/michelle-rhee-and-her-radical-education-reform-age/) on the show to discuss their reform agendas. But, what do teachers have to say about all these new proposals in education reform? Rafe Esquith, a veteran teacher at Hobart Elementary School in Los Angeles with a résumé full of accolades, joins AirTalk to discuss what it’s like working on the ground level for more than 25 years. In his new book, “Real Talk for Real Teachers: Advice for Teachers from Rookies to Veterans: “No Retreat, No Surrender!” Esquith tells teachers new and experienced to not give up. He sympathizes with teachers who feel like they’re just ready to quit. For new teachers, Esquith warns against falling into the trap of trying to save every child, failing, and then quitting from disappointment. Also, it seems like teachers today are not battling difficult students, they’re battling the administration. Although Esquith believes reform does need to happen, he thinks tests cannot be truly standardized. And when test scores are low, students should not feel like their worth is their test score and the teachers should not be thrown under the bus. What are the secrets to Esquith’s classroom success? What makes a good teacher? Is the role of teachers changing? What should teachers be accountable for in the classroom? How do teachers feel about the Common Core? What is the best way to assess students and teachers?

Guest: Rafe Esquith (RAYF es-QUITH), a teacher at Hobart Elementary School in Los Angeles for more than 25 years; he has been awarded the National Medal of the Arts, the American Teacher Award, Parents magazine’s As You Grow Award, the Compassion in Action Award from the Dalai Lama, the Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award, and was made a Member of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth.

For many women, wine is an indulgence for busy mothers who want a break, but they are not the only ones indulging. More women are drinking now than anytime in history, according to recent health studies. Women buy the majority of the wine sold in the U.S. annually, according to the wine institute. Between 1998 and 2007, the number of women arrested for drunk driven rose 30%, while male dropped more than 7%. This is not just limited to young adults and college students, a recent Gallup poll found 10% of women 45 and 64 binge drink. Groups like, “Moms who Need Wine,” and “OMG, I So Need a Glass of Wine or I’m Gonna Sell My kids,” have thousands of fans on facebook. Drinks are often linked to female targeted shows like the women on ‘Real Housewives.” But why the massive growth? Some believe the rise in female drinking is due to the changing social role of women. Some social scientists link the growth to the rise in female college attendance, and women then leaving their careers to be at home.Why are women drinking more? Is there a greater stigma on male alcoholics than female? Do television shows impact women’s desire to drink? Is there a stigma with moms drinking?

Negotiation is at the heart of how we as a culture like to deal with conflicts. From your work life to your home life, how often has the saying "let's talk about it" come up when things hit a snag? But this collective impulse runs counter to the findings of a new study. San Francisco State University psychologist Sarah Holley followed over 100 couples for 13 years to see how they approach conflict resolution and finds that for older married couples at least, avoiding talking about conflicts actually leads to happier marriages. Why is this the case? How do you deal with conflicts in your relationship? Does avoiding a persistently thorny issue work for you and your partner?

Guest: Sarah Holley, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Director of the Relationships, Emotion, and Health Lab at the San Francisco State University who conducted the research.